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EPA Risk Evaluation for Chrysotile Asbestos

by Brayton Purcell LLP | Jan 19, 2021 | Firm News

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a risk evaluation for chrysotile asbestos on December 30, 2020. The EPA found that there is an unreasonable risk to workers, consumers, and bystanders. Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the EPA’s...

Town of Asbestos now Val-des-Sources

by Brayton Purcell LLP | Nov 3, 2020 | Firm News

After years of debate, a Quebec town formerly called Asbestos has decided on a new name: Val-des-Sources. The town of 7,000 people was named Asbestos for more than a century because of the asbestos mine in the heart of the town. At one time, the Jeffery Mine in...

Remembering the Notorious RBG

by Brayton Purcell LLP | Oct 2, 2020 | Firm News

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1993 until her death on September 18, 2020. She was the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court after Sandra Day O’Connor. Justice Ginsburg earned her bachelor’s degree at Cornell University...

Governor Newsom signs bill to ease COVID-19 courts backlog

by Brayton Purcell LLP | Sep 30, 2020 | Firm News

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill allowing the use of web video and other internet technology to help with the growing backlog of civil cases caused by COVID-19 courthouse shutdowns. Sen. Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana) co-sponsored Senate Bill 1146 with the Consumer Attorneys...

Climate Change Impacts Survival Rates of Malignant Mesothelioma Cancer Patient

by Brayton Purcell LLP | Aug 4, 2020 | Firm News

Exposure to asbestos is a serious health risk that can result in malignant mesothelioma.  Mesothelioma is a form of cancer known to be caused by working in an environment that contains carcinogens in the air from asbestos. People who work in factories, boiler rooms,...

On-Base Housing For Military Families: Source For Causing Mesothelioma

by Brayton Purcell LLP | Jun 8, 2020 | Firm News

Military members have been working with asbestos for decades. Exposure to asbestos dust has contributed to 1/3 of veterans developing cancer, including about 10% who develop mesothelioma. The disease still in search of a cure is an aggressive and rare type of cancer...

EPA finding on asbestos renews calls for ban in the U.S.

by Brayton Purcell LLP | Apr 20, 2020 | Asbestos-Related Illness, Firm News

Despite millions of deaths and decades of litigation caused by exposure, asbestos is still legal in the United States. While the EPA tried to ban asbestos use in 1989, an industry appeal successful reversed than ban, and Congress has never issued an outright ban, due...

A Tragedy Decades in the Making

by Brayton Purcell LLP | Apr 13, 2020 | Firm News

The list of industries where employees may experience asbestos exposure is well known. Auto mechanics, HVAC technicians, construction workers, cement plant employees, chemical plant staff members are but a few of the risky professions where being in proximity to toxic...

The Continuing and Catastrophic Consequences of Talc-Based Products

by Brayton Purcell LLP | Mar 27, 2020 | Firm News

Johnson & Johnson, specifically their famed Baby Powder, has been the target of the majority of 16,000 talc-related mesothelioma lawsuits that resulted in adverse, multi-million dollar verdicts. But, there are other manufacturers of talc-based products also facing...

A Deadly Disease That Does Not Discriminate

by Brayton Purcell LLP | Mar 12, 2020 | Firm News

Once considered a “male-centric” disease, mesothelioma caused by asbestos exposure no longer discriminates by gender. Men primarily working in blue-collar occupational positions were the first to be diagnosed and do compose a vast majority of victims. Naturally,...
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